Roller adjustment for presses



Mar-C11 22,1938. w E ENHEI ER 2,111,662

ROLLER ADJUSTMENT FOR PRESSES Filed Aug. 26, 1936 M INVENTOR. I

Patented vlar. 22, 1938 v 2,111,662

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROLLER ADJUSTMENT FOR PRESSES William Gegenheimcr, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Willard Manufacturing Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 26, 1936, Serial No. 98,090

Claims. (Cl. 308-59) This invention is an adjustment means for sleeve or yoke 16 at its upper end. This yoke bearings, and while it is susceptible of general supports the journal 5 of the roller. use Where the adjustment of certain types of The means for adjusting this standard longibearings is required, it is adapted particularly for tudinally within its opening or recess includes a 5, use in connection with printing or lithograph threaded pin or screw I1 passing through a suit- 5 presses. able internally threaded opening in the base of An important object of the invention is to the block and parallel to the bolt l2. The opening provide means of simple construction, for acfor this screw or pin communicates with the recurately and minutely adjusting the bearing spincess or opening I4 near the lower end thereof,

die of a roller or shaft and locking the bearing and the inner end of the pin or screw is beveled, l0 securely in such adjusted position. tapered or inclined as indicated at Hi. This ta- A further object of the invention is to provide pered end enga s beneath and pp the means for carrying out the adjusting and locking standard l5, and it is at once obvious that recipoperaticns without the necessity of stopping the rocation of the pin within its opening will cause operation of the machine and form a position t e S a a l5 t0 move p y downwardly 1' convenient to an operator, depending upon the direction of axial travel of With these objects in view, together with others he p T e we end of the St i5 is which will appear as the description proceeds, the bored as shown to receive a screw l9 whose head invention consists in the novel construction, com- 29 is beveled as Shown for Contact with the inbination and arrangement of parts, all as will be Clined d 0f the Screw 0 D E1 20 described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in Associated w t adjusting Sc ew H a the drawing, and particularly pointed out in th means for locking the said screw in adjusted posiclaims. tion. This means includes a plug 20 slidable in In the drawing: a passage or opening 2| disposed laterally of the Figure 1 is a front elevation of one nd of a, block and entering one side of the passage for 25 conventional form of roller for printing or liththe Screw An internally threaded pe ograph presses and illustrating in section the Z2 is arranged in the block 9 a right angles t bearing adjustment device of my invention, the Passage 2! and parallel to the Opening fo Figure 2 is an end elevation of the roller and Screw This passage 22 receives a locking adjustment device, screw 23 whose inner end is tapered as at 24 for 30 Figure 3 is a view similar to Fi r 1 a d engagement behind the plug 20. showing the po iti n th parts may assume in It will be observed that the outer ends of making an adjustment, and screws l1 and 23 are disposed relatively close to Figure 4 is a, tran ve ti l view taken one another and are socketed to receive an adsubstantially upon line 4 4 f Figure 2, justing or operating tool. By so arranging these 35 Referring now more particularly to the drawing SCIeWS it is Obvious that y mey e p at d 5 represents the journal or supporting end of a Without Step-Ding the machinev 80 that justroller 6, its contacting or cooperating roller or merits may be made While latter in p cylinder being indicated at 1, Th frame of th tion. It is also obvious that the operative ends 40 press is represented generally at 8, and is of conof these Screws are readily accessible for m m'plI- 4O ventional or well known form. lation.

Associated with the frame 8 is a block or sup- While but one end of the journal S aft is port 9, recessed or channeled in n id as t in shown in the present illustration, it will be underto receive a projection ll on the frame, A b lt 12 stood that the mechanism here described will be is threaded laterally through the frame 8, passes dup t a t pp s d of h shaft. When 45 through the projection i l d threadedly engages it becomes necessary to adjust the shaft, in order in the block or support 9. Operation of this bolt that the roller may be movedtOWaId y is carried out by means of the head l3, and it is from s Cooperating Cylinder as d, this adapparent that rotation of the bolt will cause the iust y be readily made y ta in s rew block to move upon the projection H depending I! with a proper tool in such direction as will upon the direction of rotation of the bolt. cause the standard to rise or fall as desired. The The block or support 9 is provided with an particular arrangementis such thatamost minute opening or passage I4 disposed at right angles adjustment may be made, thus satisfying the high to the axis of the bolt I2, and in which is sliddegree of accuracy required in press operations. ably mounted a standard l5 carrying a bearing Rotation of pin or screw H in clockwise direc- 55 tion will cause the beveled or tapered end thereof to project further into the opening I 4, whereupon this movement is transmitted to the standard l5 by engagement of the tapered end l8 with the beveled end of screw 2E]. When the desired adjustment has been made, rotation by a suitable tool of screw '23 causes the beveled end thereof to engage behind plug 20' and force the same into engagement with the side of screw ill, thus holding the latter securely against rotation in either direction. The range of adjustment of standard 55 may be increased or diminished by adjustment of the screw I9 in the lower end of the standard. The ends of the plug 2% may be beveled as shown in Figure 4 to insure proper cooperation between the plug and the locking screw 23 and also to insure proper locle'ng engagement between the plug and the screw H.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that adjustment of the shaft 5, either axially or radially may be quickly and easily made. Rotation of bolt I2 in the proper direction will cause the plug and its shaft supporting yoke to move in such direction as will secure axial adjustment of the roller, while operations of the screw or pin l'l secures the proper vertical adjustment of the shaft. By arranging the adjusting screw and the lock therefor in the manner shown and described, ready access for these adjustments may be had from the side of the machine and without necessitating stopping or slowing down of the machine during such operations.

What I claim is:

1. In a bearing adjuster, a block, a bearing standard slidable in said block, a screw in said block, the inner end of said screw tapered and engageable with a surface of saidstandard, whereby movement of the screw will be transmitted to said standard, a locking plug in said block adapted to engage a side of said screw, and a locking screw in said block parallel with said first mentioned screw, said locking screw having an inclined inner end to engage and move said plug.

2. In a bearing adjuster, a frame, a block, a

bolt in said frame engaged in said block, said block having an opening therein, a standard slidable in said opening, a screw in said block having a tapered inner end, said end projecting into said opening and in engagement with the lower end of said standard, said block having a passage communicating with one side of said screw, a locking screw in said block in spaced parallel relation with said first mentioned screw and having a tapered inner end, a plug slidable in said passage, the tapered end of said locking screw engaged behind said plug, whereby movement of said locking screw in one direction will move said plug into engagement with said first named screw.

3. In a bearing adjuster, a block having an opening, a bearing standard in said opening, a screw disposed axially in the lower end of said standard, a beveled head on said screw, said block having a lateral opening disposed at substantially right angles to said standard and communicating with the lower end of the opening therefor, and "1e inner end of said screw being tapered and engaged with the beveled head on said first named screw.

4. In a bearing adjuster, a support, a bearing slidable in said support, an adjusting screw in said support for moving said bearing, a locking plug in said support for engagement with said adjusting screw, and a locking screw in said support in spaced parallel relation to said adjusting screw for moving said plug into engagement with said adjusting screw.

5. In a bearing adjuster, a bearing support, a standard slidable longitudinally in said support, a bearing on said standard, an adjusting member in said support disposed parallel with said bearing and adapted to move said standard, a locking plug in said support adapted to engage and lock said adjusting member, and an operating element in said support disposed parallel with said adjusting member for moving said plug.

W'ILLIAM GEGENHEIMIER. 

